Children's Day is celebrated across India to increase awareness of the rights, care and education of children.[1][2] It is celebrated on 14 November every year as a tribute to India's First Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Fondly known as Chacha Nehru among children, he advocated for children to have fulfilled education.[3] On this day, many educational and motivational programs are held across India, by and for children.

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The celebration of Children's Day in India dates back to 1956. Prior to the death of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, India was celebrating Children's Day on 20 November (the date observed as Universal Children's Day by the United Nations). Nehru decided many things before his death.
He decided to award himself Bharat Ratna, nominated himself and sanctioned his own name for Bharat Ratna. He decided to publish a postal stamp on his name before his death. Likewise, before the death of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964, it was unanimously decided to celebrate his birthday as Children's Day in India. [4][5][6][7]

On November 2018, Google's doodle on Children's Day was designed to depict a child looking at a sky dotted with stars with a telescope. Crafted by a student from Mumbai, the design had won the 2018 ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition in India for her fascination with space exploration.[8]

Many questions have been raised by political leaders in the BJP about celebrating Children's Day on Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday. When Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, he questioned about the what good Children's Day done for kids. In 2018, he became the Prime Minister, sixty BJP MPs have requested PM Narendra Modi to designate 26 December as the new Children's Day in India.[9]